If you are like most people you probably hate having to call a family member each month to gently remind them that their rent check is due. Let’s face it monthly billings can be a timely task that can take valuable time out of your day.

Thankfully, there are monthly services you can use to help with your billing tasks. You can find many of these types of services online for a small monthly fee usually ranging between $20-$50 dollars a month.

One of our favorites here at We Know A Place is Freshbooks. In fact, this is the very service that we use for our billing. Below are some reasons why we love Freshbooks:

Reason #1: Easy To Use

Freshbooks is extremely easy to use and set up. You do not have to have a programmer to set up Freshbooks for your business and you can literally be up and running in 5 minutes.

Reason #2: Automatic Recurring Billing

Why send out the same invoice month after month ? Freshbooks can automatically send out your invoices via e-mail every month. If you have a credit card merchant account set up you can even have your families pay right online via credit card. Imagine not having to go to the bank and deposit checks!

Reason #3: Mailing Service

If you prefer to mail your invoices, then you will be glad to hear that Freshbooks can mail your invoices for you for a small fee. Now instead of printing out an invoice, putting it in an envelope and going to the post office to buy stamps all you have to do is click a button. Pretty simple, right?

Reason #4: Automatic Payment Reminders

This is by far our favorite feature! Everybody can get busy in life and fall behind on a bill or two. With Freshbooks you can set up automatic e-mail reminders that get sent out when a bill is past due a certain number of days. When you set up these automatic e-mail reminders you can put in a payment link, so your family can pay immediately once they receive the reminder.

Want more information on Freshbooks? Visit www.freshbooks.com. Monthly plans start as low as $19.95 a month.

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